Archive for the category "travel"

My full time job is to research, explore, publish, and promote our beautiful city and while I’ve honed my craft over the last 13 years, I still get stumped from time to time when it comes to planning our own local adventures. With 7 family members visiting us this month from all over the US […]

Update posted Tuesday July 11, 2017 9:00am Due to the forest fire situation within the Cariboo region, unfortunately event organizers have had to cancel this year’s Hot July Nights event. How can you help? The Red Cross has launched a donations page for those effected, you will find the link here. —- Two kinds of […]

Update posted Tuesday July 11, 2017 9:00am Due to the forest fire situation within the Cariboo region, unfortunately event organizers have had to cancel this year’s Arts on the Fly festival. How can you help? The Red Cross has launched a donations page for those effected, you will find the link here. —– Setup camp […]

I stepped through the doors of the Billy Barker Days office in Quesnel and I was suddenly transported back to being an adventurous 10 year old hopping out of our family’s camper van in the middle of a road trip. The Billy Barker Days logo, posters, and buttons jogged my memory: I have been here […]

It was one of those gorgeous Pacific Northwest afternoons where the morning rain left every leaf glistening with colour while the sun poked through the clouds and bounced rainbows off Salish Sea. The only thing that took me away from the view at the Sooke Prestige Oceanfront Resort, was the spectacular 1,920-square-foot Pacific Penthouse, which […]

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